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•Nine Networking Tips Quit Wasting Your Time
Nine Networking Tips (Quit Wasting Your Time!) Want to build your network? Here are some quick tips:
Show up! Attend at least two networking events a month. But show up at the right place. Make sure the people there are those you need to meet, otherwise you're wasting time. Example if you want to meet prospects to buy your industrial widgets, attending a garden club meeting doesn't count. Attend if you enjoy the club, but don't kid yourself.
Don't hang out with those you already know. If...
•Why Customer Service is so Bad
We all frequent a lot of businesses; most have so-so customer service at best. (But not if you hear their advertising! Customer service is always outstanding!) We've become used to clerks who seem put out if they actually have to help us, and we even find ourselves feeling bad if we have to ask for their help! Customer service has become customer guilt trip. Sure, we all know there are tough customers - but the majority are nice folks who just want the products or services each company is...
•What Would Don Draper Do
? I secretly (or maybe not so secretly if I am blogging about it) hate Facebook. I hate stupid quizzes, I don't want to keep in touch with everyone I went to high school with, and I don't give a damn that you just went to the gym. But I feel that if I'm not on Facebook I'm a nobody. Or too old to be hip. I'm afraid Facebook is the new phonebook and I want to be found.
Which brings me to Don Draper. This is one of the only Facebook quizzes I have ever participated in. The question was...
•How to Love Your Job
We spend 60% of our time at work. Many people hate their jobs. Don't be one of them! Use these tips to help you find a way to love your job.
1.) Do what you love or find some aspect of your current job that you love. Or quit complaining and find another job. Of course, you can do none of this and stay where you are, hate every minute of it, and lead a miserable life. But I want more for you.
Those of us who do what we love are lucky. But some of you have not found what you love yet or are...
•What Dating Can Teach You about Sales
I'm single and fairly attractive, so I do a lot of dating. I would love to teach a class for guys on dating - I swear I could save the world! Wars would end! Peace and love would reign! But I'm also afraid no guy would show up for a dating class. None of them wants to admit he doesn't have any game. So, I'm going for a sales article. After all, dating is all about selling whether we want to admit it or not.
1.) Bring your A game. It starts with the first contact. If you are sloppy...
•Technology is My Best Friend and My Worst Enemy
I finally bought a Blackberry. The first few days I had it, I wanted to kill myself. I couldn't figure out how to send a textthe icons were different. It was weird talking into a flat slab. At least my flip phone seemed like a phonesomething that curves around your head.
On the fifth day, it locked up completely. I was freaked outI was on the road, hadn't brought my laptopI couldn't even make calls. This thing was garbage and I was obsessed with trying to get it to work! My texts...
•How to Recover from a Job Loss
Here are some tips for recovering from a lay-off or firing:
1.) Get back out there. So your company was so stupid, they let you go. Fine. Payback is heck. You will find something even better. But here's the deal - you have to get back out there. Update your resume. If you don't know how to do it, get help. Use social networking sites to help you reconnect with all the people you ever knew. Attend networking events. WORK IT! Action will ALWAYS make you feel better. And it is the...
•How to Turn Bitter Events into a Sweet Life
Let's face it - life can be hard. No matter who you are, no matter what your circumstances - bad things can happen to you. Your heart can get broken, a business deal can fall through, or your investments can go up in smoke. (Not that THAT has happened to any of us recently.) You need a boost - a way to hit your own personal reset button and get back in the game. Because that's the secret really - you can't give up. You have to have the hope that things will be better - that tomorrow is...
•Fall Time to Change YOUR Leaves
? Fall is one of my favorite times of yearthe temp starts dropping, the air gets crisp, the trees put on a glorious display of colorI love it! I also think it's a great time to drop what's not working for you. If trees can let go of every leaf, why can't we let go of what no longer serves us? Here are some possibilities: excess weight, too much clutter, bad relationships, bad habits, bad debt. Just how long are you planning on carrying those dead leaves around? And you know that you can't...
•How to Survive a Bad Week
I know you all have had them - weeks from HELL! That is what this week has been for me. There was a discovery of a database disaster, a man who cheated on me called, I saw a surgeon about my hip (very bad news), and just this morning USAA called to tell me of some unauthorized use of my credit card. I am praying to the great cacao bean in the sky to end this madness!
Apparently I am much better in retrospect than I am in an actual relationship. The cheater wants a second chance - I was so...
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